Extreme changes are in store for Microsoft Office 12. We've taken an early look at the first beta rollout of the core applications. Most of these programs eliminate the familiar drop-down menus in favour of a ribbon of functions.
While installing Microsoft Office 12, we were prompted to create a unique digital signature embedded within our documents.
Microsoft is building into Office 12 the ability to create and edit files in myriad languages. At the moment, the beta 1 of Office 12 is available only in English and Japanese.
Microsoft hopes to do away with the infamous 'blue screen of death' that plagues users of its software. The company plans to do so with 'self-healing software'. Here is a glimpse of the new Office 12 Diagnostics tool.
Built-in image management seen within Office 12 (beta 1) is part of Microsoft's attempt to help you better organise your graphics. The new graphics engine within Office -- based on the graphics engine within Vista, the next generation of Windows -- will also enhance the look and feel of images by providing 3D and other hard-to-achieve effects.
Microsoft Office 12 (beta 1) provides a view of an enormous gallery of locally saved clip art, as well as templates of images and graphics that you can grab from the Web.
The Office 12 beta reveals 'galleries' with previews of templates and formatting changes, as seen here.
The Office 12 beta reveals 'galleries' with previews of templates and formatting changes, as seen here in Excel 12.
